Goodreads asked Ross Howell Jr.:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Ross Howell Jr. That question I'd qualify just a little, and ask it this way: What the best thing about being a published writer? Once your work is available to readers, a dialogue opens up. People see things that may never have occurred to you as the writer. They find meaning in all sorts of beautiful ways, in spaces you'd nearly forgotten. They see aspects of character you've missed. The hard part about writing is that it's such lonely work. Once your work is out in the market, it's not so lonely an endeavor anymore.

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